MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU associate professor of journalism John Temple’s upcoming book on illegal painkiller trafficking will be developed into a Warner Bros. film.
The screenplay will be written by the co-writer of Oscar-nominated “Dallas Buyers Club.”
The book, “American Pain: How a Young Felon and Five Doctors Helped Unleash the Deadliest Drug Epidemic in U.S. History,” is expected to be published by Globe Pequot/Lyons Press in the fall.
It tells the true story of twin brothers who made $40 million in two years selling opiate-based painkillers at pain clinics in Florida…